Arlington was well-represented, with players from the county’s three public-school teams among those chosen to the 2024 all-Liberty District high-school football teams.
Making first-team on offense were quarterback Matthew Abramson (Washington-Liberty), wide receivers Jon Malatesta (Washington-Liberty) and Finn Luca (Yorktown), tight end Brady Owens (Yorktown), and offensive linemen Sam Bekele (Washington-Liberty) and Aidan Vroom (Yorktown).
The first-team all-purpose player on offense was Sean Guffey (Washington-Liberty). Malatesta was the Offensive Player of the Year.
Chosen second team on offense were runningbacks Isiah Ledbetter (Wakefield) and Brayden Black (Washington-Liberty), wide receiver David Toepel (Washington-Liberty), and linemen Grant Seibert (Washington-Liberty) and Ben Mitzen (Wakefield). Max Yoon (Yorktown) was chosen second team both for punting and place-kicking.
Max Troiano of Yorktown was the second team all-purpose player on offense.
Making first team on defense were linemen Ben Hughes (Washington-Liberty), linebacker Sean Guffey (Washington-Liberty), and defensive backs Owen Woodward (Yorktown) and Connor Hurren (Washington-Liberty). Ian Crowley (Washington-Liberty) was the first-team all-purpose player on defense.
Chosen second team were linemen Crowley and Max De La Vega (Washington-Liberty), linebackers Sean Perry (Wakefield) and Ryan Dodini (Washington-Liberty), and defensive backs Zach Meehan (Washington-Liberty) and Grant Buckley (Yorktown). Perry was the second-team all-purpose player on defense.
Hughes was chosen Defensive Player of the Year.
Washington-Liberty’s Josh Shapiro was chosen as the district’s Coach of the Year. He led the Generals to the district championship, a 10-0 regular-season record and a second-place finish in the 6D North Region tournament.
